Colin Farrell Quotes

I couldn't care less about who sees my bits ... My friends asked how I could do scenes like that and not get excited, but it wasn't like that. My bits looked the size of a cashew nut!

I've never seen a moon in the sky that, if it didn't take my breath away, at least misplaced it for a moment.

Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.

Desperation will allow you to do incredible things in the name of survival.

Girl trouble, for me, is when you fall in love.

But I dare not think too far into the future on the risk that I'll miss the present.

I got to work with Jared Leto. Jared's cute. Oh, I'll tell you. Jared will make you doubt about your sexuality.

I'm a big old romantic.

Every week a tsunami rips through poor towns and villages all over the world ... That tsunami is hunger.

My Mum taught me great manners. And she always told me that you can be or do whatever in life, as long as you don't hurt anyone and you're happy. My Mum's great; I adore her.

I have hope. I have no expectations.

I get excited about room-service menus! I really do.

Pain seems to be easier, or melancholy seems to be easier to portray in a character. I don't know if that's because I'm a human being or because I'm an Irishman or both.

Women tend to immediately take responsibility if somebody messes up with both of us saying it's our fault. Men are quite happy for it to be your fault it seems like.

I mean, we are tribal by nature, and sometimes success and material wealth can divide and separate - it's not a new philosophy I'm sharing - more than hardship, hardship tends to unify.

The first time you hold your baby in your arms, I mean, a sense of strength and love washes over you. It washed over me and I never thought that possible.

I do enjoy reading some science fiction.

Her Majesty's Secret Service wouldn't have me on the payroll.

I think I'm still trying to find my feet as an actor. And I know it ain't brain surgery, but it confuses me and it comes between me and my sleep a lot.

I'll try anything. I'll do anything. I'll explore. Try different takes.

I'm not optimistic at all, nor am I pessimistic.

I love the grandiosity, how sweepingly entertaining films can be. And I think there's a place for films that pry more into the human condition.

I don't go to the gym or practice yoga. And the closest thing I have to a nutritionist is the Carlsberg Beer Company. I just have the appetite of a pigeon.

I like to go for a little drive up the California coast.

The sea always offers up incredible stories of survivors' fortitude. Myths of a lot of countries have variations on that.

You're scrutinized all through your life - you're scrutinized by your family, by yourself, by society, and your friends in a certain way, shape, or form.

I never once regretted doing "True Detective".

Life is apogee, apex, decline; life is death - and everything else is open to discussion.

Seven years sober. I'm really grateful. It's really lovely to be present in my life.

I was never an A student, but I was really well behaved until I was 13 or so.

I've got plenty of love in my life already in the form of my sons and a few good friends who I value dearly.

I just adored working in London. It was in London where I first had the idea of making a film.

It's not that I'm stupid. I just don't think sometimes.

I am more comfortable doing a drama.

I just recently realized. It's very strange. But doing fight scenes with Kate [Beckinsale], I was little bit more cautious. You can go harder with a guy, which I don't mean as an insult.

It can be a bit annoying if another actor is trying to talk to the director and the wife is sitting on his lap.

I've started films like Miami Vice where I'm in really good shape and I look back on that film and see the moustache is bigger as I've got a larger face.

When I read the script it was extraordinary and to work with Yorgos [Lanthimos] again was amazing.

I take acting very seriously. I put everything I have and know into it.

Allow your head to be quiet. Allow it to be still. Just for an hour and half. Just deal with your body & your breath.

I'm not painting myself as a down-home, modest guy.

I'm not keen on cars and motorbikes. I tried to be a biker, but it wasn't me - I bought a Harley-Davidson and dumped it.

I love my kids. I'm crazy about them.

My Dublin wasn't the Dublin of sing-songs, traditional music, sense of history and place and community.

I'm not going to lie, there are more interesting ways to spend your time than answering questions about yourself. But if there were no questions to ask me, I might have a beef with that.

I'm just a true Irish boy at heart. I'm just myself, I stick by my guns and I treat people the way I think they should be treated, regardless of their status. And I just have a laugh.

I'm just a true Irish boy at heart.

I didn't work with any of the beasts [ "Fantastic Beasts"], I didn't have much green screen, but I loved working on it. I'm excited to see it myself.

Magic is at the core of myths.

[Yorgos Lanthimos] is really a master I feel, I really do.